RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 60606)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 60606)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Valerian and Gallienus
Person (obv.) Valerian (Augustus)
Issue Third neocorate
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΠΟΥ ΛΙ ΟΥΑΛΕΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕ / Π - Π
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Πού(βλιος) Λι(κίνιος) Οὐαλεριανὸς Σε(βαστὸς) Π(ατὴρ) Π(ατρίδος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Publius Licinius Valerianus Augustus, Father of the Fatherland
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Valerian, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΤΑΡϹΟΥ Α Μ Κ, ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ, Γ Γ, ϹΕΥΗΡΙΑ ΟΛΥΜ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΙΑ ΕΚΙ (?) ΑΥΓΟΥϹ ΑΚΤΙ, ΟΛΥΜΠΙ ΕΚΙΧΙ ΑΚΤΙ
Edition Ταρσοῦ αʹ μ(εγίστης) κ(αλλίστης) μητροπόλεως γʹ γʹ Σευήρια Ὀλύμ(πια) Ἁδριάνια ἐκι(χιρία) Αὐγούσ(τεια) Ἄκτι(α) Ὀλύμπι(α) ἐκιχι(ρία) Ἄκτι(α)
Translation of Tarsus, the first, greatest, most beautiful metropolis, of the 3 (eparchies), three times (neocorate), the Severan Olympian Hadrianic games, holiday, the Augustan Αctian games, Olympian, holiday, Actian
Reverse design three inscribed prize crowns on table
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 18.39 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Ziegler, Prestige, A 20
Specimens 11 (4 in the core collections)
Note The reading on the crowns is not clear, and Ziegler's reading is followed here. He stated that, 'Die Inschriften auf der linken und der mittleren Preiskrone sind auf dem Wiener Exemplar am deutlichsten zu lesen, die Inschrift auf der rechten gibt schon H. von Aulock korrect wieder'.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     ✸ L: 1914,0709.42
— —     Mu
— —     NY: 1944.100.51935 Cahn 60, 1928, lot 1717
— —     V Ziegler, Prestige, pl. 2.13
— —     Ayvagediği 165
— —     Ayvagediği 166
— —     CGT coll. ex G. Rohde coll.
— —     CNG EA 244, 10 Nov. 2010, lot 328
— —     Savoca Coins Blue 196th Weekly Blue, 17 Feb. 2024, lot 385
— —     SNG vA 6077 = Frankfurter Münzhandlung Nachf. GmbH 156, 4 Nov. 2022, lot 395
— —     Weber (Hirsch, 1908) 3934 (not illustrated, but reading CEVHPI[ ]AV[ ] AAPIAN [ ] KƐ [ ]XIP[ ] AA AVΓOVCT ANTΩN[ ])